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Hot Picks Friday Night Concerts at Steam Pump Ranch. The Town of Oro Valley is continuing their free community concert series at Steam Pump Ranch on Friday, Sept. 3. Now that it’s no longer the dead center of summer, and monsoons aren’t overflowing everything, the evenings are actually kinda nice around these parts! The latest band are local rockers Final Approach, who will be covering hits from the 1950s through the ‘90s. The Town of Oro Valley asks that all attendees maintain six feet of physical distancing and masks are strongly recommended when physical distancing cannot be observed. No outside alcohol will be allowed. A food truck and a smoothie vendor will have treats available for purchase. Beer and wine will be available from the Oro Valley Lions Club and Hensley Beverage Company. 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3. Steam Pump Ranch, 10901 N. Oracle Road. Free. The Conundrum at Camp Catalina. Have you had a chance to catch any of the shows in Live Theatre Workshop’s Mini Summer Season? This children’s theatre show, written by Tyler West and directed by Amanda Gremel, with music by David Ragland, is a great one to see with the kids. You’ll join the group over at Camp Catalina for the first-ever Woodland Games. They’ll be competing in a series of woodland skills, like tentmaking, knot tying, crafting and (perhaps most critically) s’more eating. But don’t worry. There will be plenty of drama and mysteries along the way. Runs Sundays through Sept. 26 at 1 p.m. Children’s Theatre on the Live Theatre Workshop

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Campus, 3322 E. Fort Lowell Road. $10 kids and $12 adults. Wrapped in Color: Legacies of the Mexican Serape. The Arizona State Museum is finally reopening! And their first exhibit tells the story of the iconic textiles of historic and contemporary Indigenous, Mexican and New Mexican cultures. The show’s guest curator and featured weaver is renowned Zapotec textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez, whose designs draw on both cultural legacies and personal experiences. While the show features actual serapes, photographs, illustrations and videos, it also aims to teach about the spiritual significance, history and artistic traditions that underly the art. Opened Tuesday, Aug. 24. Museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Arizona State Museum, 1013 E. University Blvd. $8 adults, free for 17 and under.

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to the landscape by cutting through Avra Valley. Water, soil, and air pollution are predicted to be a direct consequence of building a new highway in the Avra Valley and Picture Rocks area, the Board of Supervisors said in its statement of opposition. “The benefits don’t outweigh the damage that can’t be undone,” Supervisor Adelita Grijalva of District 5 said. Grijalva said she is opposed to all proposed routes for I-11 for environmental protection. The western route would impact popular tourist destinations in Tucson such as the Saguaro National Park, Ironwood National Monument, and

Tucson Mountain Park. The board’s statement says the new highway would be close enough to hear and see cars from these protected areas. ADOT’s statement shows the western route would also cut through the Bureau of Reclamation’s Tucson Mitigation Corridor. This corridor is reserved for wildlife movement across the Central Arizona Project aqueduct. Placing a highway there would shrink available land for wildlife movement. “They keep coming up with different ways to try to configure this I-11 route and there isn’t any way to do it without devastating communities and our environment,” Grijalva said.

Grijalva is also concerned with lasting community effects. “I think we need to learn from history,” Grijalva continued. “Where the I-10 is now, we had bustling communities there that were predominantly Latino and Mexican American, that (I10) devastated that area.” The board’s resolution said a new highway would divert potential customers from Tucson businesses along existing highways and suggested the state should save money by expanding current roads. Supervisor Steve Christy of District 4 was the only board member to show support for the I-11 west route. As the former chair of the Arizona State Transportation Board, he is adamant to

keep Tucson in the loop on new transportation plans. “We are losing a lot of business from Mexico to ports of entry in Texas, I wanted to give us a seat at the table,” Christy said. Christy worries that continuing to vote against new highways may lead to Pima County’s exclusion from state transportation plans. Christy said he helped lobby for Southern Arizona to be included in the new border-to-border highway plans. Although this highway would create a new route for cross-border trade, the COVID pandemic has slowed those efforts. “The holdup right now has nothing to do with access, it has to do with ensuring that both our border communities are safe,” Grijalva said. Few community members agreed with Christy. Grijalva said the board received more than 100 community letters reiterating opposition to the west route during the public comment period. One of these letters came from the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection,

a local nonprofit organization focused on Sonoran desert conservation. “I don’t necessarily buy that there is a need for it,” Executive Director Carolyn Campbell said. Campbell said ADOT did not provide a direct response to the Coalition’s question on need. Among many of the issues outlined in the Coalition’s letter were climate change and water conservation. “The United Nations climate change report just came out a couple of weeks ago and it says it’s worse than we thought, it’s red alert time,” said Campbell. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report on Aug. 9 showing an unprecedented change in climate worldwide due to sustained greenhouse gas emissions. The report recommends a rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to stabilize global temperatures. Campbell said that a new highway would increase carbon emissions, contributing to climate change. “If we’re going to keep it

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to the one-degree difference in warming, then we have to make some radical changes to carbon emissions, like driving,” Campbell said. Campbell and Grijalva both said there are better options available. “This is one of those things that we really have to balance smart and strategic growth versus sprawl, and I don’t want Tucson to become another Phoenix or another big metropolitan city,” said Grijalva. Campbell said the preferred alternative east option is the only viable option. The eastern route would co-locate I-11 with I-10 and I-19. Campbell said they could tunnel I-11 underground to connect communities on top. “They did that in Phoenix with a park on the top when they tunneled under Phoenix, kind of making up for the sins of the past when they built the freeway in the ’60s, which is bisecting barrios, and neighborhoods, particularly of poor people,” Campbell said.

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ore than one million Arizonans have tested positive for COVID as the Delta wave continues to wash over the state. As of Monday, Aug. 30, a total of 1,011,101 Arizonans had tested positive for novel coronavirus, with thousands of people testing positive each day, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. A total of 18,787 people had died after contracting COVID, according to ADHS. But there are signs the latest wave may be leveling off, according to Dr. Joe Gerald, an epidemiologist and professor with the UA Zuckerman School of Public Health who has been tracking the spread of COVID since it first appeared in the state in March 2020. In an Aug. 27 report, Gerald noted that the number

of cases per week has been increasing for 11 weeks but the growth in the week ending Aug. 22 was modest. “While Arizona continues to experience a high number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, week-toweek increases are currently moderating,” Gerald wrote. But he warned the trend could reverse and cases could start to rise again. “There have been temporary retreats before, so it is important to wait several more weeks before signaling a more permanent shift, especially in light of university reopenings,” Gerald wrote. Gerald also noted that transmission among children under the age of 15 continues to increase and the rate per 100,000 population has nearly surpassed rates among all other groups for the first time. “Resumption of K-12 in-person instruction in the face of high community transmission, inadequate vacation, prohibited masking and inadequate

surveillance testing is undoubtedly the cause,” Gerald wrote. “This is underscored by higher case rates among those 10-14 years (old) as compared to those 15-19 years (old). This reversal may be short-lived as universities resumed operations last week. Therefore, transmission among those 15-19 years (old) is expected to increase in coming weeks.” He also noted that 1,978 of Arizona’s 8,791 general ward hospital beds were occupied by COVID patients as of Aug. 25, an 8% drop from the previous week. But as of the same date, the use of intensive care beds was on the rise, up to 487 out of the state’s 1,765 available ICU beds, a 13% increase from the previous week. A total of 112 Arizonans died after contracting COVID in the week ending Aug. 15, down slightly from the 114 who died the previous week. Continued on P7

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PIMA COUNTY RESUMES COVID TESTING After the state of Arizona stopped funding most free COVID testing centers, Pima County has picked up the effort, opening a testing center at the Abrams Public Health Center, 3950 S. Country Club Road. Nasal swab testing is available from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Pre-registration is recommended but walk-ins are welcome for onsite registration. But it remains unclear whether county taxpayers will have to pay the costs or if there will be reimbursement from the state or the federal government. Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva said a testing site can cost around $100,000 per day for equipment, employees and other costs. Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry asked U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva to consider directly funding the county’s testing program or to push the state to

continue funding COVID testing. This is the second time the state has declined to pay for testing costs. Huckelberry told Congressman Grijalva that the state has said that federal dollars for testing are not intended to pay for free testing by the county, with state officials suggesting that testing providers such as Pima County “seek insurance and other reimbursements.” “Apparently, they would like us to charge for testing,” Huckelberry said in his letter. “It is a simple fact that adding administrative barriers to testing and vaccination is a practice proven to perpetuate the COVID-19 pandemic—hardly a wise public health response.” The state allocated $14.4 million to Pima County for COVID testing, which was spent early on in the pandemic. The State only gave 3.4% of its federal funds for testing to Pima County. In total, Pima County has spent over $49 million on testing since the start of the pandemic. Previously, the state declined to reimburse Pima County for $7.5 million because the expenses oc-

curred before Jan. 15. However, the Jan. 15 limitation only applied to one federal funding source used by the state, according to Huckelberry’s letter. Both the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, along with the Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress in March 2020 require states to allocate federal funding for free COVID testing. Pima County was quick to open free testing sites at the beginning of the pandemic. “It was actually one of the major elements that distinguished Pima County from others counties because we made this commitment to ensure adequate and equitable access for our residents,” said Pima County Public Health Director Dr. Theresa Cullen. In an Aug. 24 press conference, Dr. Cullen said state resources for testing are minimally available. The state will continue to fund the testing location at Tucson International Airport and the saliva testing location at Ellie Towne Community Center.

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SPORTS EXTRA POINT &RECREATION WITH TOM DANEHY You can bet the Wildcats can do this one weird trick this season Tom Danehy

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ecause I am cursed with a pretty-good understanding of mathematics, I don’t gamble. I almost never have. I’ll bet on myself to make a free throw or win a tennis match, but gambling in a casino is a sucker’s bet. (Next time you feel like placing a bet in a huge, lavish casino, stop and try to figure out how the casino got to be so big and lavish.) Full disclosure: A long,

long time ago, when I was 18 (the legal gambling age in Nevada at the time), a friend and I went to Las Vegas. He had found a place off the Strip where they played blackjack with one deck of cards. By the end of the day, my $200 was close to $15,000. But that wasn’t gambling. That was stealing. These days, with their intricate algorithms and sophisticated methods, if I were tempted to gamble against the House, I would eventually lose. It’s just math.

However, having said all that, there is a bet out there just screaming my name (and that of every other Arizona Wildcat fan old enough to remember when the Cats were really, really good). For example, in the decade of the 1990s, Arizona had the second-most number of wins in the entire Pac-10—more than USC, more than Stanford, UCLA, Oregon, or Arizona State. And they still didn’t go to the Rose Bowl. This year’s Wildcat team is coming off the worst season

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T he Ar ts Ar e Bac k ! Your look ahead at what’s happening in local museums, galleries and theaters

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“Evening Storm,” by Martha Saudek, 1995, oil on linen, is on display at the Tucson Museum of Art through Aug. 21, 2022.

The Arts are Back!

Margaret Regan

Special to Tucson Local Media

s we move into our second pandemic autumn, the big news on the cultural calendar is that that nearly every arts enterprise is open. Galleries are swinging their doors wide, theaters are pulling up their curtains, and ballerinas are preparing to dance once more. Some groups went back to business eons ago. The Tucson Museum, for one, re-opened in the summer of

2020 and seems to have done well with timed tickets, limited entry, required masks and social distancing. Others opened up bit by bit. And, this spring, as millions got their shots and Covid waned, arts groups of all sorts cheerfully planned for normal fall seasons. Now, of course, the nation – and Tucson – are struggling against the Delta variant, which has pushed the death toll to terrifying new heights. If you’re going out to shows, follow the venue’s COVID protocols and if you

haven’t yet been vaccinated, consider getting your shot to protect yourself and others. MUSEUMS & GALLERIES Here are some tips for safely visiting galleries and museum. Call before you go. Wash your hands. Wear your mask. Not all of the venues require masks, but wear yours. You don’t want to spread anything, right? Most of the arts spaces are not crowded. But if See Visual Arts, P5

On the Cover: “Queen Mary,” photograph by Alanna Airitam, will be part of American Renaissance, opening Oct. 25 at Pima Community College’s Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery.

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there’s a bottleneck in front of, say, an Olivier Mosset painting, step aside and return to the canvas when the coast is clear. And keep in mind that the pandemic could easily quash another season of the arts if the variants get even worse. Curators are already considering virtual alternatives in the event of more shutdowns. Virtual art, anyone? ART MUSEUMS In happy news in the museum world, the UA has reopened two of its excellent museums. The Arizona State Museum and the Center for Crea-

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tive Photography came out of their long moratoriums in late August, 18 months since the pandemic hit. The University of Arizona Museum of Art will follow suit, opening in late October. The opening show at the Arizona State Museum dazzles with the hues of the Mexican Saltillo sarape. The brilliant textiles in Wrapped in Color: Legacies of the Mexican Sarape are outright joyful. Woven in red, orange, black, yellow and white, the sarape shawl “expresses Indigenous, Spanish, Mexican history, traditions and textile techniques.” Curated jointly by museum staff and Zapotec textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez, the show exhibits historic pieces as well as the work of a new generation

of weavers like Gutiérrez. He created six new serapes for the show. Through July 2022. statemuseum. arizona.edu Also on view is Pahko’ora/Pahko’ola: Mayo and Yaqui Masks from the James S. Griffith Collection. The show began before the pandemic and has been extended so fans can still these marvelous Indigenous masks. While the U.S. rages over wearing fabric on the face, visitors will see how other cultures revere the mask and its power. And don’t miss the collection’s Indigenous clay pots and woven baskets from the U.S. southwest and northwest Mexico. Statemuseum. arizona.edu The Center for Creative Photography, a jewel in the campus crown, is a treasure trove of some

90,000 photographs. Now, after a long wait, the reopening show examines Journalism 20/20: A Think Tank for an Unimaginable Present. The exhibition occupies the CCP’s brand new Alice Chaiten Baker Interdisciplinary Gallery, a space that housed the photography library years ago. The new show is up through January 2022. An open house on Thurs., Sept. 23, with extended hours from noon to 7 p.m., promises “pop-up installations, art making, food, music and more.” ccp. arizona.edu The University of Arizona Museum of Art will be closed for another two months, while a construction project in the School of Art finishes up. But when is does open on Oct. 24, it will host an

enticing exhibition on the intersection of food and art. Borrowed entirely from the private collection of Jorden D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, the show features 37 artists and 109 artworks from the 20th century to the present day. Look for Andy Warhol’s big yellow banana, native artist Neal Ambrose-Smiths’ critiques of Monsanto’s seed ownership and the gorgeous colors of Katherine Ace’s combos of lush fabric and food. A community opening on Oct. 24 will feature poetry, music and—of course—food. Through March 22. Lectures will be held throughout the fall. Artmuseum.arizona.edu The Tucson Museum of Art’s big fall show, Olivier Mosset, runs Oct. 14 to Feb. 27. Mosset, Swiss-

born and Tucson based, is known internationally for his conceptual abstractions and large-scale shaped paintings. A second major exhibition, Patrick Martinez: Look What You Created, runs Nov. 4 to April 4. An LA artist, born in 1980, Martinez “uses mixed media works, neon signs and cake paintings to explore discrimination and loss in communities of color.” You can still catch 4x4, the great summer show that highlights four artists in four different cultural communities in Tucson. Don’t miss Willie Bonner’s color-drenched paintings that honor “what it means to be Black in America.” Through Sept. 26. tucsonmuseumofart.org Over at Moca-Tucson,

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the city’s longtime contemporary museum, Olivier Mosset has another show, The Things We Keep. The painter displays works from his art archive along with his books and ephemera. But hurry. The show ends soon, on Sept. 5. Moca’s Pia Camil: Three Works will also shut down soon, on Sept. 19. The Mexican artist has hung discarded T-shirts from the ceiling of the Great Hall to highlight the problems of out-of-control consumerism. Visitors are invited to donate their own worn clothes and get the chance to see them blowing in the breeze outside. Mujeres Nourishing Fronterizx Bodies:

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Resistance in the Time of COVID-19 opens Sept. 18 in Moca’s small East Gallery and runs through January 30. Two women’s collectives, one in the U.S. and the other in Agua Prieta, Sonora, joined forces to “interrogate” the militarized border that separates them. With an emphasis on food insecurity, they cultivate communal gardens, raise livestock, make clothing and construct adobe building bricks. mocatucson.org The Tucson Desert Art Museum, on the East Side, took a break over the summer and plans to go back to work Sept. 18. Three shows that were still up in the spring have had their runs extended. The Dirty Thirties: New Deal Photography Frames the Migrants’ Stories is a riveting

look at the impoverished Dust Bowl farming families who temporarily stopped to work in Arizona on their way to California. The show uses extraordinary photos by the likes of Dorothea Lang to illustrate the horrors they met in in the Arizona cotton fields. All the Single Ladies: Women Pioneers of the American West is a refreshing look at the feisty unmarried women who found their own way on the frontier. Their lives as entrepreneurs, teachers, waiters and madams are remembered in news clips and photos. Buffalo Soldiers: The 10th Cavalry Regiment Told Through the Art of David Laughlin (1928 - 2020) also resurrects forgotten western denizens. The so-called Buffalo Soldiers were African Americans who served

in the West after the Civil War. Their story is told in deft paintings, drawings and prints by Laughlin, who died last year. tucsondart.org GALLERIES Etherton Gallery has a host of things to celebrate this fall: a cool new gallery space in Barrio Viejo, a major retrospective exhibition of the revered photographer Joel-Peter Witkin and the 40th anniversary of the gallery. Over those four decades, from his original digs on Fourth Ave., to the Odd Fellows Hall downtown and now in the Barrio, gallerist Terry Etherton has stayed in the urban core and helped the city revive. Now known internationally in the photo world, Etherton

opens up his third chapter with the retrospective show Joel-Peter Witkin: Journeys of the Soul. Witkin, a revered photographer now in his eighties, is known for his elaborate tableaux of people of all kinds, including the disabled and transexuals, the nude and the dressed, the living and the dead. The new gallery is at 341 S. Convent Ave. Opening day is scheduled to be Sept. 14. Call before you go. 6247370. The Witkin show opens with a reception on Sat., Sept. 18, 7 to 10 p.m. Witkin himself makes an appearance. The exhibition runs through Nov. 27. ethertongallery.com. On Sunday, Sept. 19th, at 2 p.m., the film Witkin & Witkin will be screened at The Loft Cinema. The film chronicles the lives the identical Witkin twins,

photographer Joel-Peter and figurative painter Jerome. Etherton is not the only gallery that has decamped to Barrio Viejo. A second photography enterprise, Andrew Smith Gallery, is setting up shop right next door to Etherton, perhaps fomenting an art explosion in the neighborhood. Smith moved from the Arts Warehouse district to a historic adobe at the corner of Convent and W. Simpson. The high end gallery trades in works of the 19th century West; the photos of renowned 20th century photogs like Laura Gilpin and Ansel Adams; and plenty of contemporary artists. andrewsmithgallery.com Philabaum Glass Gallery is just a few blocks to the southwest of what we can now call See VISUAL, P8

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the new photography district. Alison Harvey, the longtime manager of the gallery, and her husband, Dylan Harvey, bought the business last year. Like the former owners, glass artist Tom Philabaum and Dabney Philabaum, the young couple offers up glowing glass works made by more than 50 artists from around the country. They boast that the gallery is the only all-glass gallery in southern Arizona. Philabaumglass.com Up in the Arts Warehouse District around Sixth Ave. and Sixth St., some feisty small galleries are keeping art alive. If you visit, keep in mind that major

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roadwork there is ongoing. Untitled Gallery, an artist-run enterprise, was closed for the summer but will reopen Saturday Sept. 4, with a new show that you can see from 4 to 9 p.m. The exhibition, Reflections, will highlight three new members as well as the galleries founding crew, Inna Rohr, Jessie Shinn, Momoko Okada and Nicola Marshall. Here’s a look at the newbies: Russell Recchion is an award-winning portrait painter who also takes on plein air landscapes. Katrina Lasko uses recycled materials, paint and plaster to make contemporary work that “often merges social, psychological and/or political observations.” Thaddeus Camp’s art is “heavily influenced by nature… as either an overwhelming presence or an aching absence.” Untitledgallery

tucson.com. Contreras Gallery opened up this summer after a long pandemic closure. Its first in-person show in a year and a half, Chicharra, is running through Sept. 25. The nine Tucson artists, all women, include Carolyn King and Neda Contreras. Michael Contreras also is showing, as always, his extraordary handmade silver and turquoise jewelry. Contrerashousefineart.com Athena A. Roesler, proprietor of Gallery 2 Sun, next door to Contreras on Sixth St., experimented opening the gallery earlier this year, but with little traffic shut down again when the summer hit. But fans can still see her cache of artists, ranging from the likes of abstract expressionist Robert Motherwell to modernist Tucson artists like Howard Kline and

Jack Busby. Roseler invites visitors to call for an appointment. 520-360-8074. gallery2sun.com Raices Taller Gallery has been closed to visitors since March 2020, and gallery operator John Saldado has become a master of virtual exhibitions. Next up is All Things Paper, running from Sept. 4 to Oct. 16, online at the gallery’s website. Dozens of artists will present works on paper, one of the world’s oldest and most versatile art materials, using it for drawings, paintings, prints, photos, sculptures and mixed media. Saldado is hoping that by November, Covid 19 will be on the wane and he’ll be able to stage the annual Día de los Muertos in person. May the sprits make it so. Raicestaller222.com The arts at Pima College West have mostly

A painting by Jack Busby at Gallery 2 Sun.

been dark since Covid hit, but a recent press release from the community college trumpeted in big letters: Live Performances

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Are Back! Plays, music and dance will return to the stage, and visual art will take its place once again in the

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college’s respected Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery. Curator David Andres created some excellent virtual shows during the interlude, especially the one on the work of Allison Miller, but now he’s concocted a whole season of in-person exhibitions. First up is Egress -Works on Paper, coincidentally complementing Raices’s virtual paper show. The artists are three young London painters, Alice Browne, Anthony Banks and George Little, who have exhibited in the UK, Europe and the US. The show runs through Oct. 8. (It opens Sept. 1, before the article is published,) Reception 5 to 7 on Thurs. Sept 9. Tucson photographers Alanna Airitam and Wayne Martin Belger, will show their internation-

al work in American Renaissance, opening Oct. 25. Airitam, an African American artist, creates portraits and still lives that reflect the black experience. Belger specializes in political documentation; he has covered the battle of Standing Rock, Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico, and refugee camps in Lesbos, Greece. A reception will be on Nov. 4, from 5 to 7; a lecture in the nearby CFA Recital Hall will be held Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. The show ends Dec. 10. Up in the Northwest, Tohono Chul is hosting Visionary Revisions, a show of local artists whose art, is, well, visionary. Royce Davenport, formerly with the Tucson Weekly, Patrick Hynes, Ed Larson, Ralph Prata and the late Mary Bohan, all have the “spark of

intuition.” Using reclaimed, repurposed and recycled materials, they make work reminiscent of outsider and folk art. Through Nov. 7. The annual Día de los Muertos exhibition, honoring the Mexican festival that remembers love ones who have passed, begins on Sept. 9. Manuel Fontes, an Arizona anthropologist and artist, this year joined the Tohono Chul’s curatorial team to select artworks for the show. Growing up with the holiday and celebrating it with family, he makes work focusing on the lifeways of the Hispanic southwest. Besides Fontes, some 42 other artists contribute imaginative pieces inspired by the traditional altars, saints and sugar skulls. tohonochul.org Down in Nogales, AZ., at Hilltop Gallery, 730 Hilltop Dr., an exhi-

bition of 12 artists from both sides of the border examine the tragedy of migrant deaths. Called Donde mueren los sueños/ Where dreams die, the show will feature painting, sculpture, photography, textiles, mixed media and narrative poetry. It opens on Sunday, Sept. 12, from noon to 4 p.m. For the reception, Pablo Peregrina will perform music and song. Speakers include activist artist Alvaro Enciso, and authors Todd Miller and Margaret Regan (yours truly), who will read from their books. Organizer and artist Michele Maggiora reads poetry. Beverage and botanas provided. The show runs until Oct. 14, 12:30 to 430, Tues. to Sat. 520-287-5515.

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cine Man Gallery features “cowboy and western imagery by historical and contemporary artists.” Sublette has created a museum within the gallery housing a treasure trove of work by the late, great Maynard Dixon (18751946). Inside the museum, you can see 150 pieces of his art and ephemera. The gallery also deals in Native artists. Currently, among other pieces, Sublette has an extraordinary 1890’s Zuni Redware pot, and a cache of 1960s Navajo paintings. medicinemngallery.com

The long-running Jane Hamilton Fine Art venue in Plaza Colonial specializes in southwest, western and contemporary art. Hamilton has some 45 artists on her roster, and the space is always bursting with artworks. Right now, the gallery is featuring landscape paintings by Greg Heil. A reception on Sept. 25 from 4 to 7 will honor the work of a number of local artists. With the benefit of an outdoor space adjacent to the gallery, proprietor Hamilton Settlers West Fine can extend the opening into outdoors. janehamil- American Art represents dozens of artists tonfineart.com who make fine realist Mark Sublette Medi- and romantic paintings

and sculptures of the old and new west. When you walk in the door, you’ll find the gallery filled with works picturing cowboys, native people, landscapes, animals and more. settlerswest.com Diane Madaras, owner of the eponymous Madaras Gallery, always displays her own brightly colored desert paintings. But she also shows are plenty of work by other artists. Tucson’s Chuck Albanese is showing his cool paintings of old trucks. “End of the Trail” pictures an old jalopy stuck in a lovely patch of pale green desert, below a lavender-tinted mountain and a big blue western sky. madaras.com

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Stepping Up: Dance companies are back on their feet Margaret Regan

Special to Tucson Local Media

e have fewer dance companies than before the pandemic, but Ballet Tucson, Tucson Regional Ballet and Dancing in the Streets all have shows planned this fall. Ballet Tucson reNEW Fall Concert October 22-24, Leo Rich Theater Amazingly, after a year away from the stage, Ballet Tucson opens the new season with the beautiful and difficult Concerto Barocco by the eminent

Balanchine. Set to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, the piece was originally to be performed in March 2020. But the troupe danced it only once before COVID shut it down. Now the dancers will perform the lovely 1948 work three times over the weekend. The concert includes three more dances. A Piece in P_I_E_C_E_S, choreographed by Kiyon C. Ross of Pacific Northwest Ballet, is a dynamic work for 10 dancers. Sleeping Beauty Grand Pas de Deux, choreographed after Petipa by Ballet Tucson’s assistant director Chieko Imada, is a classical pas de deux

drawn from the third act The Nutcracker of The Sleeping Beauty. For December 23-26, the finale, Masquerade, a Tucson Music Hall light-hearted work by artistic director Mary Beth CaThe much-missed Nutbana and Imada, welcomes cracker makes a triumphal dance back to its rightful return to the stage, after place. a year when the beloved ballet went dark. Now fans Footprints at the Fox can delight once more in New Works Concert swirling snow, a magical Nov. 14 at the Fox tree and a young girl who journeys to the Kingdom This fun annual show of Sweets, not to mention gives the young dancers of the Tchaikovsky score and the company the chance the dancers performing the to choreograph their own gorgeous classical ballet. original work—and have their colleagues dance it. Tucson Regional Ballet Audience members vote A Southwest Nutcracker for their favorite pieces and Dec. 4-5, Music Hall winners get a cash prize. A local favorite is coming back to the stage this year.

Set in 19th century Tucson, the charming Southwest Nutcracker has coyotes taking the place of mice, a family rancho instead of a city house, and a Zorro replacing Drosselmeyer. The Tucson Symphony will play Tchaikovsky’s music live. The dancers range from little kids to advanced teenagers, and guest pros handle many of the top roles. Ballet Tucson Dancing in the Streets The Nutcracker Leo Rich, Dec. 2021, date to come The popular school and performing group in South Tucson brings ballet to many kids for the first time.

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The troupe’s Nutcracker is blessed each year by live music courtesy of the Civic Orchestra of Tucson. The company is mostly made up of teens and children; guest artists will perform the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Cavalier.

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Acting Up: The post-pandemic curtain rises Emily Dieckman

Special to Tucson Local Media

hh, there’s really nothing like a live theater show, is there? If you’re a theater fan who’s been itching to watch a curtain go up and transport you to another world, then to feel all blissed out and grateful for artists in general for several hours afterward, then get excited! The Tucson theater community is delivering this year. This by-no-means-exhaustive list of fall shows is a good place to start, whether you’re looking for a way to

spend a couple of nights out this fall or hoping to fill every weekend with live theater. Arizona Theatre Company ATC shows are performed in the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend. ATC is starting off this season with a musical! This story is about what happens when a Broadway actress in her twenties crosses paths with a classically-minded man in his eighties. Hint: It is charming. And it’s also based on

the true story of Broadway performer Charissa Bertels (who also stars in this production)! Winner of the Kleban award for best new libretto, this show is an absolute pleasure. Previews are Sept.25 to Sept. 30, and the show runs from Oct. 1 to Oct. 16. Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly. FINALLY. A sequel to Pride and Prejudice, and for the stage, no less! Truly a perfect gift for the holiday season, this show picks up two years after the close of the book. When the family gets together for Christmas at Pemberly, Mary Bennet, who is still unmarried and

After much delay, Hamilton is set to premiere at Broadway in Tucson on Nov. 17

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kind of sick of being the Nov. 6 through Dec. 4. goody-two-shoes middle Babel. Did someone say sister, connects with an Scoundrel and Scamp dark sci-fi comedy starunexpected guest. This Scoundrel and Scamp ring a man-sized stork show is full of energy, wit is located at the Historic Y, with a cigar? Sign us up. and enchantment. Runs 738 N. Fifth Ave. See Theatre, P14

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This play by Jacqueline Goldfinger, set in the near future, is the winner of the 2018 Generations Award and the 2017 Smith Prize for Political Theatre. And it’s absolutely fascinating, telling the story of the lengths two couples go to in order to get pregnant and raising questions about eugenics, the social value of a child and the risks people are willing to take for love. Sept. 16 through Oct. 3. Mary’s Wedding. The night before her wedding in 1914, Mary has a dream about a thunderstorm, and about meeting Charlie, a man taking

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shelter in a barn with his horse. They fall in love, but the world around them is erupting into war. Epic, hopeful and romantic, this show won the Alberta Literary Award for Drama in 2003, the Alberta Playwrighting Competition 2000, and the Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Play in 2002. Showing Oct. 21 through Nov. 7. A Sonoran Desert Carol. So, we’re all a little bit tired of the classic rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, right? This one will redeem your weary theatergoing eyes! Adapted by the Scoundrel and Scamp’s associate artistic director Claire Marie Mannle, this rendition has a borderlands twist, complete with Mexican

hot cocoa! Settle in for a night of delightful physical theater with this show. Shows Dec. 9 through Dec. 19. Broadway in Tucson Hamilton. You might not have heard of this li’l ol’ play, written by an obscure playwright, but it’s worth at least giving a hopeful artist a chance, right? Just kidding, of course. Hamilton is only one of the most popular pieces of media to come out in the last 10 years or so. So it’s really exciting that, after being delayed by COVID-19, this show is finally coming to Tucson! It’s won a million awards, it’s about Alexander Hamilton, you probably already know the

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entire plot, so we’ll just leave it at that. Plays Nov. 17 through Dec. 5 (but get your tickets ASAP!) Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. The Gaslight Theatre The Gaslight Theatre is located at 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. Frankenstein. Frankenstein is one of those shows the Gaslight likes to bring back every few years, because it’s just that fun. The silliness and excitement of the Halloween season, sprinkled with just a little bit of spookiness, sets the mood perfectly for a trip to the Gaslight. Come scream and laugh your way through this show. Showing Sept. 2 through Nov. 7.

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Dudley the Elf as he journeys from the North Pole all the way to New York City in search of some Christmas spirit—which,

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as we all know, makes the world go ’round. Runs Nov. 17 through Jan. 1, so if you’re the kind of person who likes to make Christmas last into the following year, the Gaslight has got you covered. Invisible Theatre The Invisible Theatre is located at 1400 N. First Ave. Looped! If you haven’t heard of Tallulah Bankhead, the Hollywood Golden Age actress, you’re in for a treat with this show. If you have heard of her, it just might be because you heard the story about how it once took her EIGHT HOURS to record a single line of dialogue. The whole show, which had a Broadway run in

2010, is based around this scene, and around Bankhead’s enormous personality. You’ll be cracking up at this portrayal of an infamous Hollywood incident. Showing Sept. 15 to Sept. 26. 50th Anniversary Retro-Spectacular Cabaret. The Invisible Theatre is celebrating 50 years this year! Come party with them at this show, featuring some of your favorite stars from over the years, from Randy “Cher” Roberts and Richard Glazier to Crystal Stark, Samantha Cormier and Will Clipman. Directed by Betsy Kruse Craig, the show runs only on Oct. 30-31, at the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway.

Pima Arts (Pima Community College) Little Shop of Horrors. Did you know that Alan Menken did the music for this beautifully bizarre show, featuring a human-eating plant, an evil dentist and some totally sick harmonizing? I mean, Alan Menken did the scores for The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Tangled. The range! In the Pima Theatre adaptation, Arts Division Dean Steven James Higginbotham is making his directorial debut and telling the story to the lens of a 1960s comic book. You’ll be singing, laughing, and screaming in terror along throughout this show

about Seymour, Audrey and the bloodthirsty Audrey II. Showing Nov. 11 to Nov. 21. Elf Elegies: Essential Workers of the North Pole. The pandemic had us all thinking a lot about the people who keep our world running. Like, the people who stock grocery stores. What would we do without them? Retail workers? Maintenance people? Holding this place together! One group we might not have thought of were Santa’s elves. This show, written and performed by PCC students, tells the story of the North Pole elves who actually DON’T specialize in making toys. Come see a holiday show told through the eyes of an essential elf. Dec. 4-5. Free, but

donations accepted! Live Theatre Workshop Live Theatre Workshop is located at 3322 E. Fort Lowell Road. Bloomsday. This sweet, extremely Irish story tells the story of Robbie and Caithleen, who fell in love many years ago during a James Joyce literary tour in Dublin. (Told you it was extremely Irish). When they reunite after 35 years apart, they travel back in time to relive the unlikely, unstoppable events that brought them together. This show is by Steven Dietz, one of America’s most prolific playwrights. Showing Thursdays through Sundays from Sept. 2 to Oct. 9

Southern Arizona Performing Arts Company Nunsense. This hilarious show is about the misadventures of five nuns— Sister Leo, Sister Robert Anne, Sister Mary Amnesia, Mother Superior Sister Regina, and Mary Hubert. Tragically, it is the story of ONLY five nuns, because the rest of the sisterhood died after eating poisoned vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia Child of God. And so, they are left to stage a talent show to raise the money needed to bury the dearly departed. This show runs Sept. 24 through Oct. 3 at Desert View High School, 4101 E. Valencia Road.

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record in school history. In the pandemic-truncated season, the Cats lost every game and were humiliated—at home— by a score of 70-7 at the hands of the Arizona State Recruiting Cheaters. (In the first game of the season, here in Tucson, Arizona led eventual Pac-12 South champion USC with under two minutes left and completely blew the game.) But this year, they’ve got a new coach and a new vibe. Arizona is almost certainly going to finish dead last in the Pac-12 South, but things are trending upward. The new coach (who was greeted with a universal chorus of “What in the world is a Jedd Fisch?!”) has done everything right. He connected with Wildcat legends, he hired the right coaches, and he has made himself accessible to the media and to fans. Now all he needs are some football players. Which brings me to that

bet that’s out there. The over/ under for the 2021 Arizona Wildcats is a stunningly (and embarrassingly) low of 2 ½. On an over/under wager, the bettor tries to decide whether the team will win more or fewer than that number of games. If you take the under, you would win the bet of the Cats win zero, one or two games. If they win three or more games, the person who bet on the over would win. Now, I know that they didn’t win a game last year and, other than that fluke against USC, they didn’t really come close. But that was then. Kevin Sumlin is gone (was he ever really here?) and has been replaced by a professional. Players made great use of the weight room over the off-season. Many are bigger and stronger and some are faster. Practices are spirited and brisk. But there is still the matter of the cupboard having

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been left almost bare. But 2 ½ ?! They play 12 games. They play NAU. They have San Diego State at home. If the Cats can get by BYU in Las Vegas in the season opener for both teams on Saturday, they could win that bet for optimistic fans before the ninegame conference schedule even begins. And what does the conference schedule look like this year? Arizona has brutal road games at Oregon on Sept. 25 and at USC on Oct, 30. They also face a nasty game at Washington State the week before Thanksgiving. Pullman, Washington in November is like a Russian novel. “The cold is bitter, the wind unrelenting, and now the dog has died. At least this Christmas, we’ll have something to eat.” They also have games at Colorado and Arizona State. The Colorado game is winnable and, by the time we get to

the end of the season, Coach Herm Edwards might have already resigned under the weight of the growing recruiting scandal in Tempe. Probably the best chance for a conference win will come when Arizona hosts UCLA on Oct. 9. By that time, the Bruins will have played nationally ranked LSU and Arizona State and, in the two weeks after the UA game, will face Washington and Oregon. This is the textbook definition of a trap game. Great things are not right around the corner. It’s going to take time. But, for the first time in a long time, it feels like we’re heading in the right direction. Take the over. EXTRA POINTS: Wildcat fans in the stands or watching on TV are going to need a scorecard because there are a lot of newcomers

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and not a whole lot of holdovers from past years … This is weird. There are two guys on the Wildcat roster with the first name Gunner. First of all, who names a kid Gunner? And the fact that they’re both on the same team isn’t even the strange part. They both wear No. 9! Duplication of numbers is legal as long as they’re not both on the field at the same time. Gunner Cruz is the starting quarterback

this Saturday, while Gunner Maldonado plays defense … Five Wildcats played their high-school ball in Tucson. Receiver Jamarye Joiner and kicker Taylor Meeker-Hackett both played at Cienega, while the other three—David Watson (Amphi), Stevie Rocker (Canyon Del Oro) and Jordan Morgan (Marana)—all played in the Northwest…Watson is the son of UA softball legend Laura Espinosa...

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HOROSCOPE By Holiday Mathis

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(as suggested by this puzzle’s circled letters?) 41 Suffix with quartz 42 Pat who wrote “The Prince of Tides” and “The Great Santini” 44 Male hedgehog 45 Homer’s neighbor on “The Simpsons” 46 Source of some rings 47 Industry that encourages strikes? 48 Modest reply to a compliment 49 Biol. or chem. 50 Oklahoma’s state tree 53 With 21-Across, artist known to 39-Across pigments back and forth onto canvases 56 Melodic passage 60 Removal from danger, informally

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18 Veterans Day mo. 22 Daffy Duck, notably 24Indian flatbread 25 Low-ranking sailor 27 What you need some wiggle

room to do? 28 Betelgeuse’s constellation 29Where you might find love away from home? 32 Fragrant compound 33 Like an oboe’s sound 35 Dreamboat of a guy 36 Weep 37 Greeting in Rio 40 “Be ___” (motto for Wikipedia contributors) 43 Pacific food fish 47 Highly decorated 48 “That’s cool, daddy-o!” 51 Taunts so as to get a reaction 52 Samovar 53 Come together 54 Running shoe brand 55 Gem that’s a woman’s name 57 Palindromic guy’s name 58 Succeed and then some 59 “Recycle ___” (sign on a bin) 62 Narc’s org. 63 Tango flourish

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your eye for details is honed, and you’ll get granular in your analysis of what matters to you. This specificity will serve you well, though not everyone will have the patience and understanding you’d like them to have. That’s just a sign to find “your people”: The ones who get you, challenge you and support you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The way things look and function is very important to you and your sophistication on the matter will rub off on others. You’re sold on elegance, swayed by beauty and willing to pay for superior design. Your affinity for lovely things will guide you to interesting places and people. Your conversations will be most enlightening. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Anyone can complain, but some will take it further and describe a problem to the people who can help. You’re in that rare category of fixers. You’ll think over the issues, brainstorm possible fixes and bounce your ideas off people until you have a solid proposition. Then you’ll gain cooperation and solve the thing.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll get the satisfaction of contributing to important work. You’ll love the developments to come from a noncompetitive arena. You learn from different approaches, especially of those you have guided. You’ll get credit for being the teacher, though people do things very differently from the way they were shown. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A project begins with inspiration or, more likely, jealousy. Envy is so important to pay attention to. It is among the best indicators of which direction in life would most please you, and therefore it is invaluable in its ability to inform your decisions. Whatever you are jealous of, start creating it in your life this lucky week. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Ingenious leadership is sometimes undetectable. You create systems that work and then you establish an atmosphere in which people can execute those systems with focus and ease. You encourage at strategic marks along the way. Ultimately, much is accomplished without your constant guidance. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Rarely do fully formed ideas land on you, causing you to know exactly what to do next. If such a thing did happen, it would rob you of the most pleasurable parts of the problem-solving process. Prepare to exercise your imagination. Delight in the bad ideas, which come first; press on to the good ones.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). People give love and attention in different ways. Some are too self-involved or focus-challenged to give attention at all. Let none of this validate or invalidate you. Ideally, your life centers around a purpose and not around the reactions of others or lack thereof. Seek supportive connections, but do not depend on them.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). To spend prolonged time with your favorite people is a version of heaven on earth. There are many barriers to such an event -- number one being that your favorite people happen to be busy people -- so these things have to be planned. Luckily, you get almost as much joy from planning as you do from execution.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Simplicity is rarely as easy as it looks. It requires efficiency and discipline, and demands the mastery of tools. This elegant ideal is attainable to you this week because you’re willing to work for it. You’ll focus on what matters and you’ll stay on track, making more lives easier than just your own.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your mood is even; your action logical; your position stable. An agent of chaos will be drawn to you for exactly those reasons. This type prefers the difference they make to be noticeable. There is no “after” without a good “before.”You’ll be stronger and better for the disruption, and it might even be super fun.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Keep up the optimism this week and the world will reflect the emotional sunshine you’re radiating. You’ll pull off a few difficult tasks in a row. You’ll prove invaluable to the team; not because of your magnificent successes, but because of the way you facilitate theirs.

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• Comedy comes alive at the new spoof Frankenstein as a storm rages outside the castle and a scientist works feverishly in his laboratory to bring his experiment to life and find out if he has created a man or a monster. Details: 7 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 6 and 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 and 6 p.m. Sunday; Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd.; $21.95-$23.95; $13.95 children; 886-9428 or thegaslighttheatre.com.

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• Enjoy Classic Jazz with the Wildcat Jazz Band featuring their unique blend of impeccable musicianship, traditional music and slapstick humor. Details: 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $27; 529-1000 or gaslightmusichall.com. • Listen to the Tucson Pops Orchestra fall concert series featuring conductor László Veres and guest artist vocalist Jack Neubeck. Details: 7 p.m.; DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, 1100 S. Randolph Way; free; 722-5853 or tucsonpops.org. • Don’t miss Austin musician James McMurtry bringing his rock-style roots to the Plaza stage. Details: 7 p.m.; Outdoor Plaza, Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St.; $20; 622-8848 or eventbrite.com.

Clubhouse Drive; $30; 825-2818. • Don’t miss the Chasing Rainbows Gala featuring Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with their vibrant fusion of classic American jazz, swing and Dixieland who have energized the Fox stage many times and appeared in films and television shows. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; $28-$89; foxtucson.com. • Listen to the rap and hip-hop of award-winning musician Ice Cube. Details: 8 p.m.; Casino del Sol AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia Road; $28-$75; 800-344-9435.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 12

• Listen to Jack Bishop and an all-star country band at Gone Country, A Tribute to Alan Jackson. Details: 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $27; 529-1000 or MONDAY, SEPT. 6 • Listen to Country Classics performed gaslightmusichall.com. by Kevin Sterner and the Strait Country • Listen to Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Peter Rowan with Band. Details: 6 p.m.; Gaslight Theatre, a career spanning over five decades 7010 E. Broadway Blvd.; $25-$27, $15 seniors, children, military; 886-9428 or from his early years playing under the tutelage of bluegrass veteran Bill Monthegaslighttheatre.com. roe to breakout as a solo musician and bandleader. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Hotel FRIDAY, SEPT. 10 Congress, 311 E. Congress St.; $25-$35; • Don’t miss a chance to dance the night away with the recently reunited 622-8848 or eventbrite.com. oldies rock band Heartbeat at the Old WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15 Time Rock & Roll Dance Party. • Spend An Evening with Jackson Details: 7 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, Browne performing some of his most 13005 N. Oracle Road; $20; 529-1000 popular songs that made him a Rock or gaslightmusichall.com. & Roll Hall of Famer as well as Songwriters Hall of Famer. Details: 8 p.m.; SATURDAY, SEPT. 11 Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave.; • Enjoy the Just One Look Tribute $35-$125; ticketmaster.com. to Linda Ronstadt featuring her greatest hits performed by niece Mindy Ronstadt and the Tributaries. Details: 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $27; 529-1000 FRIDAY TO MONDAY, SEPT. 36 or gaslightmusichall.com. • Explore a unique selection of rough • Take a Trip to the Decade of Disco stones, gem stones and collectibles at - The 1970s at Studio 54 Explothe JOGS Gem & Jewelry Show open sion with world class singers and to the public and wholesale. Details: 10 musicians performing the greatest a.m.-5 p.m.; Tucson Expo Center, 3750 E. hits of the decade from the Bee Irvington Rd.; 303-9780 or jogsshow.com. Gees to Donna Summer and many more. Details: 7:30 p.m.; DesertView SATURDAY TO MONDAY, SEPT. 46 Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. • Bring the entire family to the “best

SPECIAL EVENTS

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little rodeo in Arizona”the Santa Cruz Labor Day Rodeo presented by Santa Cruz County Fair & Rodeo Association. Details: 10 a.m. gates open, 2 p.m. main MONDAY, SEPT. 6 performance; Sonoita Fairgrounds, 3142 • Don your running shoes for the 50th S. Highway 83; $15, $10 ages 6-12; 520- Annual Saguaro National Park Labor Day 8-Miler looping through a 455-5553 or sonoitafairgrounds.com. cactus forest in the Rincon Mountains. Details: 5:15-6 a.m. registration; SATURDAY, SEPT. 11 • Indulge in nostalgia of days past at Saguaro National Park East, 3693 S. Rock and Roll Sahuarita featuring Old Spanish Trail; $60; 991-0733 or the music, cars and dance of the time azroadrunners.org. with live music by OnesAll and kids’ SATURDAY, SEPT. 11 activities. Details: 5-8 p.m.; Quail Creek - Veterans Municipal Park, 1905 • Get out, get active and give back at N. Old Nogales Hwy.; free admission; the family-friendly HungerWalk to raise awareness for the Community 797-3959 or saaca.org. Food Bank. Details: 8-11 a.m.; $10-$25; communityfoodbank.org/hungerwalk.

OUTDOORS

SUNDAYS THROUGH SEPT. 26

• Bring the kids for the Woodland Games fun competition testing their outdoor knowledge and solving a mystery at The Conundrum at Camp Catalina at the Children’s Theatre. Details: 1 p.m. Sunday; Live Theatre Workshop, 3322 E. Fort Lowell Rd.; $10, $7 children; 327-4242.

VISUAL ARTS

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 1-OCT. 8

• View the exhibit Egress - Works On Paper: Alice Browne, Anthony Banks, George Little, three painters who are graduates of the Royal College of Art in the UK. DeTHURSDAY, SEPT. 9 SATURDAY, SEPT. 4 AND 11 • Join entomologist Dr. Art Evans for an • Enjoy timeless stories addressing bully- tails: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursintroduction to his latest book Beetles ing, selfishness, competition, ingenuity day, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday; Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Pima Community of Western North America, the only and affirmations at Aesop’s Fables College, 2202 W. Anklam Rd.; free color photographic guide to the beetles Puppet Show by the award-winning admission; 206-6942. west of the Continental Divide presented Red Herring Puppets. Details: 2 and 4 online by the Tucson Audubon Society. p.m.; Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Rd.; $8; Details: 1-2 p.m.; tucsonaudubon.org. 635-6535 redherringpuppets.com.

CLASSES & PROGRAMS CHILDREN

PACC offering deals for pet adoption to make room at shelter Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

ima Animal Care Center is looking to pair furry friends with loving humans during a month of “Clear the Shelters” events. PACC is offering an adoption promotion every week through Sept. 19 to free space at the shelter. “We are very excited to have this adoption event happening at PACC!” said Monica Dangler, Director of Animal Services. “This event couldn’t come at a better time with the shelter being so full.” Pima’s shelter is filled to the brim with new dogs due to monsoon weather and specific needs for large dogs. The shelter hopes

these events will encourage adopters and fosters to help clear space for animals that can’t be adopted right away. Promotions throughout the month will be announced on PACC’s social media accounts every Monday. The shelter is hosting several events in their multi-purpose room this month: • Long Stay Lounge on Sept. 4 and Sept. 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Foster Fair on Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The main event will be a “Party at PACC” on Sept. 19. Giveaways, prizes, and food trucks are available to attendees.

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Take a look at available pets before heading to the shelter at pima.gov/animalcare. You can also find more information about the “Clear the Shelters” event at cleartheshelters.com. PACC is located at 4000 N Silverbell Road, open Monday to Friday, noon to 7 p.m., and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

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